Heat-distributer



L. K. BELCHER.

HEAT DSTRIBU/TER. APPLICATION flu-:D JAN. is. 1919.l

1,326,904. Patented Jan.6,1920.

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LEON K. BELCHER, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEAT-DIsTRIBUTER.

Application filed January 16, 1919.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON K. BELCHER, a citizen of the United States, andresident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Heat-Distributers, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to heat distributing attachments for gas or othercooking stoves, whereby all the heat from a burner may be utilized forheating a plurality of cooking vessels.

It is the aim of this invention to generally improve the construction ofsuch attachlments, and especially to improve the distribution of theheat among the several openings in the top of the device from one ormore openings in the bottom thereof designed to be arranged over stoveburners. To this end a. delector is employed which has openings thereinpermitting part of the heat to pass through to an opening in the top ofthe device above the deiector, while the rest of the heat is turned bythe deflector toward other to) openings. Other objects will appear as te description proceeds.

The invention will be first hereinafter described in connection with theaccompanying drawings, which constitute partl of this specification, andthen more specifically delined in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the accompanying` drawings, wherein similar reference characters areused to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:-

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a heat distributerconstructed substantially in accordance with this invention, the samebeing shown arranged upon an ordinary gas range, parts of which arebroken away for the sake` of clearness, and the section of thedistributer casing being taken on the line I-I of Fig. 4.

Fig. 2 is a section of the distributer taken on the line II-II of Fig.4, part of the gas range also being shown, as in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line III-III of Fig. 4, also showing part ofthe gas range.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the distributer casing.

Fig. 5 is a section thereof on the line V-V of Fig. 4.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 271,374.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line VI-VI of Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7 is a section on the line VII-VII of the same figure.

In Figs. l, 2 and 3, 1 designates an ordinary gas range, and 2 and 3 topburners thereof which are supplied with gas via pipes 4. The distributercasing 5 is in the form of a lat boX and has two openings 8 and 9 in itsbottom 6, and four groups of openings 13, l5, 20 and 25 in its top 7.The number of the openings may, of course, be changed if desired.

The group of openings 13 in the top of the casing is arranged invertical alinement with the bottom yopening 8, while the group of topopenings 15 are in vertical alinement with the bottom opening 9. Thegroups of top openings 20 and 25 are out of alinement with either ofsaid bottom openings. The group of openings 13 is adapted to be closedby a cooking vessel 14 when pla-ced thereon, as illustrated in Figs. 1and 2. The group of openings l5 is fitted with a valve 16 havingopenings 17 adapted to be placed in or out of register with the openingsl5 by adjusting said valve on its pivot 18 by means of the projectinghandle 160. vWhen the valve is arranged with its openings 17 inalinement with the openings l5, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3, acooking vessel 19 may be placed on the valve so as to close the openingstherein and prevent the escape of any of the heat units.

lThe group of openings 2O is ysimilarly fitted with a valve 21 havingopenings 22 adapted to be placed in or out of register with saidopenings 20 when the valve is turned on its pivot 23 by means of thehandle 210. The openings 22 in the valve 21 may likewise be covered by acooking vessel 24, as shown in Fig. 2, for preventing any of the heatunits from being wasted.

The group of openings 25 is also fitted with a similar valve 26 havingopenings 27 adapted to be placed in or out of register with saidopenings 25 when the valve is turned on its pivot 28 by means of thehandle 260. This group of openings 25, being the farthest removed fromthe bottom opening 8, is provided with a raised stand 29 for supportinga cooking vessel 30 out of contact with the valve 26 and top of thecasing, as shown in Fig. 3, so that the heat units may escape from saidopenings 25 and in doingso create a draft which will aid-in drawing someof the heat to said remote point of the casing. v

The bottom opening 9 is provided with a valve 10 for shutting it offwhen only .the one burner 2 is in use. Said valve 10 slides intosa`frame 12 on the bottom of thecasing, and has a projecting handle l1 bymeans of which it may be removed or inserted. It will ,be understoodlthat all four of the top openings in the casing, and the cookingvessels arranged thereon, may have heat distributed to kthem from theburner 2 through the single bottom opening 8 of the casing, but whengreater heat is desired, the valve lO'may be removed from over theopening 9 `and the burner 3 also lighted.

To effectively `distribute the heat between the openings in the top ofvthe casing which are not in line with the bottom openings, and the'topopenings which are in vertical alinement'withsaid bottomopenings, aninclined partition or deflector 31 is arranged in the casing over thebottom openings 8 and 9 and preferably extending fully across the casingfrom one end to the other. Said partition or delector 31 may be suitablyfastened to the walls ot the casing, as by rivets or screws 32, Figs. 2and 3, and it is provided with groups of openings 33 in verticalalinement respectively with the ybottom openings 8 and 9 and topopenings 13 and 15. Said openings 33 in the partition or deflector areof less area than 4the bottom openings'in the casing, so that only partof the heat units are permitted to passthrough the deflector to come indirect contact with the vessel placed on the top openings 13 and 15, theremaining heat units being turned by the deflector toward the topopenings 2O and 25, as indicated by the arrows in Figs.

2 and 3. When only the one burner 2 is.

used, some of the heat units will also be directedlongitudinally alongAthe deector vas indicated by thearrows in Fig. 1. The iniddle portionsof the top and bottom plates of the casingand the delector may beconnected by a post 311 to prevent warping.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by let- -ters patent of the United States is l. A heatdistributer comprising a casing having an opening in its bottom to bearranged over a burner and a Yplurality of openings in its top, one ofsaid openings inthe top being in vertical alineinent with the opening inthe bottom and the other out of alinement therewith7 and an inclinedpartition in the casing over the opening in the bottom and havingrestricted openings therein arranged in alinement with said bottoniopening for allowing part of the heat from the burner to pass throughthe partition to the opening inthe top of the casing above it while partof the heat is diverted by said partition to the other openings in thetop.

2. A heat distributer comprising a casing having two openings in itsbottom to be arranged over twospaced burners of a stove, and a pluralityof openings in its top, two of said top `openings being arrangedrespectively in vertical alinement with the bottomv openings while othertop openings are` out*V of alinement with said bottom openings, and aninclined partition extending across the casing over the two bottomopenings and' having restricted openings therein in vertical aliiiementtherewith for allowing part of the heat from the burners to pass throughthe partition to the openings in the top of the casing above it whilepart of the heat is diverted by said partition to the other openings inthe top.

1n testimony hereof I have signed my name to this specification.

LEON K. BELCHER.

